Storm in Gulf Labeled Dangerous Hurricane

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1 (UPI) — The Weather Bureau classified Celia, the season's third tropical storm, as dangerous hurricane tonight and said a hurricane watch might be needed along the Gulf Coast tomorrow.

Celia, which reached hurricane force this afternoon, intensified with winds in the center measured at 115 miles an hour. The storm was about 400 miles south of Mobile, Ala., late tonight, maving northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico at 10 miles an hour.

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